Herman Talmadge
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When his father, Eugene Talmadge, won the 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election but died before taking office, Herman Talmadge asserted claims to be the 70th governor of Georgia, in what became known as the three governors controversy. He occupied the governor's office from January until March 1947, before yielding to a Georgia Supreme Court decision in favor of Lieutenant Governor Melvin E. Thompson. In 1948, Talmadge defeated Thompson by more than 6 percent in a special election to complete the elder Talmadge's unfinished four-year term. He was reelected in 1950, defeating Thompson by a narrower margin. Talmadge served until the end of his term in 1955.
Talmadge, who first became governor at age 33, supported a new statewide sales tax during his second term to fund the construction of new schools and expanded state services. He also supported other infrastructure improvements and increased teachers' salaries. In so doing, the younger governor Talmadge departed from his father's stingy, low-tax and low-spending philosophy while remaining steadfastly opposed to racial desegregation and political equality for Black Americans. He left the governor's office as an incredibly popular executive whose administration earned praised from the traditionally liberal outlets such as the ''Atlanta Constitution'' and even ''Harper's Magazine.''
Herman Talmadge was elected to the United States Senate in 1956 when Walter F. George, Georgia's senior senator and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, declined to seek reelection. In the Senate, Talmadge was a long-serving member of the Senate Agriculture Committee as well as the Senate Finance Committee. During the latter part of his career, he also served as a member of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (better known as the Senate Watergate Committee). As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, he oversaw the passage of numerous pieces of important legislation, including the expansion of the Child Nutrition Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972, the first major legislation dealing with rural development since the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The Senate later denounced Talmadge for financial irregularities revealed a Senate Ethics Committee investigation following a contentious divorce from his second wife. The investigation, as well as Georgia's changing demographics, helped Republican Mack Mattingly defeat Talmadge during his 1980 reelection campaign. Following his defeat, Talmadge retired from public life. Provided by Wikipedia
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Extension of the food stamp workfare pilot projects. July 31 (legislative day, May 17), 1978. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Allocation of budget totals for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Report submitted pursuant to section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrit...
Published 1980Other Authors: “…Talmadge, Herman Eugene, 1913-2002…”
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Congressional approval of watershed projects. June 19 (legislative day, June 6), 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
Published 1975Other Authors: “…Talmadge, Herman Eugene, 1913-2002…”
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Emergency loan program. July 21, 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Land conveyance to Jasper County, Georgia, Board of Education. December 18, 1974. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Minimum grade standards for grapes and plums. December 19, 1974. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Improving the quality of filberts. December 19, 1974. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Distribution of peanuts. March 20 (legislative day, March 12), 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Extension of the effective date of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act. April 10, 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Food and agriculture act of 1977. September 9 (legislative day, September 8), 1977. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Food Stamp Act amendments of 1980. May 14 (legislative day, January 3), 1980. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Allocation of budget totals for fiscal year 1979 and 1980. Report submitted pursuant to section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutriti...
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Increasing participation in the farmer-held reserve program for 1979 --crop wheat and corn. March 17, 1980. -- Ordered to be printed, Filed under authority of the order of the Sena...
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Emergency price support. March 21 (legislative day, March 12), 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Nonconserving crop failures. October 3, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Legislative review during the 92d Congress by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. January 23, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Rural environmental assistance and water bank programs. February 27, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Interim extension of FIFRA. June 19 (legislative day, June 6), 1975. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Cessation of loans for palm oil production. May 6, 1976. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Commodity futures trading commission act of 1974. Report on H.R. 13113 a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to strengthen the regulation of futures trading, to bring all agri...
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